Santana Eclipses 1,500 Points in Win over Old Westbury

Farmingdale, N.Y. - Senior guard Damien Santana
(Brooklyn, N.Y./Grady) eclipsed 1,500 points tonight with a
33-point game as the Rams defeated conference rival Old Westbury,
99-81. Farmingdale State improved to 8-2 overall with the win, 3-1
in the Skyline, while the Panthers dropped to3-8, 2-2.

In the first half, the Rams started on a 10-0 run over the first
three minutes, before Old Westbury was able to get on the board
with a free throw at the 16:46 mark. Santana led all scorers in the
first with 19 points, followed by senior guard Joe Cammarata
(Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur) with 11 points, as Farmingdale took a
51-32 lead into the lockerroom.

The second proved nothing different as Rams senior forward Davon
Jackson (New York, N.Y./Rice) opened the scoring with a jumpshot
and on the next possession Santana hit another three for his
1,500th career point with 19:05 left to play and scored 14 more
throughout the second for a total of 33 points, including seven
three-pointers, which ties the single game school record.

Cammarata finished with 20 total points for Farmingdale, while
senior forward Erastus Shannon (Amityville, N.Y./Copiague) had 14
points and Jackson had 12.

The Rams will travel next to play St. Joseph's College in
Patchogue, N.Y. for another conference game on Thursday, January
8th at 8:00 p.m.